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Buckminster Fuller


Best remembered for his development of the geodesic dome (created by Carl Zeiss), R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was the consummate generalist. His research and interests ranged from architecture to energy, auto design to philosophy, geometry to poetry. Through a local collector, Powell's has acquired a significant collection of books by and about Fuller. Browse our collection here, and read an essay by Collier, Powell's Technical Books' Buckminster Fuller specialist.

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Perfect Symmetry: The Accidental Discovery of a New Form of Carbon
Perfect Symmetry: The Accidental Discovery of a New Form of Carbon
by Jim Baggott
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This book tells the fascinating story of the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, a perfectly symmetrical soccer-ball shaped molecule composed of 60 carbon atoms. This new molecule, one of a large family of carbon cage molecules called "fullerenes... (read more)

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The Most Beautiful Molecule: The Discovery of the Buckyball
The Most Beautiful Molecule: The Discovery of the Buckyball
by Aldersley Willliams
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The Most Beautiful Molecule "The molecule, buckminsterfullerene, is beautiful physically and intellectually. Its qualities, and even some of its properties, can be appreciated instantly and intuitively by nonscientists. Its uniqueness is bound to lead to... (read more)

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Your Private Sky: R. Buckminster Fuller: Art Design Science
Your Private Sky: R. Buckminster Fuller: Art Design Science
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"Bucky" was one of the most revolutionary technological visionaries of this century. As an architect, engineer, entrepreneur, poet, he was a quintessentially American, self-made man. But he was also an out-sider: a technologist with a poet's imagination... (read more)

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Cosmography: A Blueprint for the Science & Culture of the Future
Cosmography: A Blueprint for the Science & Culture of the Future
by R Buckminster Fuller
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Written in layman's terms, his last complete work offers Fuller's (1885-1983) own explanations of his revolutionary theories, transcribed and clarified by Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Fuller's adjuvant in writing and editing from 1979 to 1983. Fuller links his... (read more)

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BuckyWorks :Buckminster Fuller's ideas for today
BuckyWorks :Buckminster Fuller's ideas for today
by J Baldwin
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"His alternative to politics was radical and deeply subversive. If we are designed like other animals to be a success, then nature must have provided enough of everything needed for all to live a healthy existence. People living well would have little... (read more)

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Inventions: The Complete Patented Works of R. Buckminster Fuller
Inventions: The Complete Patented Works of R. Buckminster Fuller
by R. Buckminster Fuller
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Ancient China Simplified (Webster's Chinese Traditional Thesaurus Edition)
Ancient China Simplified (Webster's Chinese Traditional Thesaurus Edition)
by Inc. ICON Group International
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R. Buckminster Fuller on Education
R. Buckminster Fuller on Education
by R. Buckminster Fuller
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Jewel (Webster's Chinese Simplified Thesaurus Edition)
Jewel (Webster's Chinese Simplified Thesaurus Edition)
by Inc. ICON Group International
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Spacers: Webster's Comprehensive Bibliography (1958-Modern Times)
Spacers: Webster's Comprehensive Bibliography (1958-Modern Times)
by Inc. ICON Group International
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William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood (Webster's Chinese Simplified Thesaurus Edition)
William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood (Webster's Chinese Simplified Thesaurus Edition)
by Inc. ICON Group International
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Cosmic Fishing:  An Account of Writing Synergetics with Buckminster Fuller
Cosmic Fishing: An Account of Writing Synergetics with Buckminster Fuller
by E. J. Applewhite
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And It Came To Pass- Not To Stay
And It Came To Pass- Not To Stay
by R. Buckminster Fuller
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How little I know.--Complexion 1976.--What I am trying to do.--A definition of evolution.--"And it came to pass" (not to stay).--Soft revolution.--Ethics.... (read more)

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Transportable Environments: Theory, Context, Design, and Technology: Papers from the International Conference on Portable Architecture, London, 19
Transportable Environments: Theory, Context, Design, and Technology: Papers from the International Conference on Portable Architecture, London, 19
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In this collection architects, designers, engineers and artists explore topics related to the generation and manifestation of temporary and transportable buildings and places. Their investigations provide an insight into the history and context of such... (read more)

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